In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Clark

The referee’s report is confirmed.

I have been unable to find any authority that would permit the taking of an incompetent’s money and giving it to him in large amounts to invest. It is the purpose and object of a committee to take over and conserve the estate of an incompetent. If it can be given to the incompetent to manage as he sees fit, there is no need of a committee. This committee acted as such until the death of the incompetent, as I understand it. He never was discharged. He attempted to manage the estate of the incompetent. Having attempted to manage the estate of the incompetent,…